Just to be safe I'm going to tell you I don't own Square-Enix or Play Online. Vana'diel is their world, not mine, sadly. I'm still doing some introductions. The best is still to come. So once again please hang in there are R&R to tell me what I can do to make this more enjoyable.

Chapter 1

Little Kitty, Big City

The Vana'diel sun shone brightly on the tiny Mithra. She closed her eyes for a moment to feel the warm sunshine on her fur. She took in a deep breath and opened her eyes to take in her surroundings. She stood under a great stone archway connecting two large buildings. Behind her stood an old wooden bridge and the entrance to the Federation of Windurst from where she just came. Her senses overwhelmed her. The sweet air carried the scent of different foods. Playful music could be heard from a pub not too far away. Two strange small people ran past her. They skidded to a stop not to far away from her then turned around to gawk.

"Well lookie-ookie at this." One of them pointed out.

"Awww! The other cooed. "A new kitty-witty."

The Mithra stared at them with a look of confusion. She was torn. She didn't know whether she should run away from them or try to punt them. Both stood no higher than three feet tall. Their long pointed ears distinguished them as Elvaan, but she thought Elvaan would be taller. She stared at them a moment and they stared right back at her. Finally a sharp voice rang out breaking the silence.

"Stop pestering the new adventurer!" it called. The two short Elvaan jumped back and looked at a beautiful cat-like creature. She was of medium height but still towered over the tiny Elvaan. Her long tail swished angrily and her bright green eyes glared at the two now guilty looking Elvaan. Her ears twitched atop of her snow white hair. She was another Mithra!

"You should be ashamed to be Taru Taru!" she lectured. "Aren't your kind known for their kindness and hospitality?"

"B-but we were just trying to have some funny wunny." they wined.

"Why don't you go to the Orastery and bother minister Ajido-Marujido? I heard he needs new scouts." The white-haired Mithra said it as an order not a request. The two looked at eachother then back at the Mithra. "NOW!" the Mithra roared and the two scampered off. The white-haired Mithra sighed then turned to look at the poor frightened victim. Her face turned from stern to pleasant as she looked the new arrival up and down.

"I'm sorry you had to see that." She appologized. "This is what you get when you have a whole city full Taru Taru." She sighed again.

"T-tarrru Tarrru?" The young Mithra stuttered. The white-haired Mithra's eyes grew wide. Then a small grin appeared across her face.

'You are new aren't you? Those annoying little monsters were Taru Taru. You'll know the kind. Short, long ears . . ." She hesitated before forcing the word "Cute . . . "

"Ohhh, I thought they were Elvaan." She said meakly. The other Mithra laughed.

"Altana no! You won't see many of them here in Windurst but you'll know who they are. Oh how rude of me" she suddenly interjected. "I haven't introduced myself. I'm Semih Lafihna, proud guard of the great Star Sybil." Semih Lafihna gave a short bow. "And what is your name new adventurer?"

"Oh, I'm Thora." She bowed and blushed.

"Welcome, Thora, to the Federation of Windurst." She glowed. "Are you thinking about making this your home nation?"

"Oh, yes, it's beautiful here!'

"Wonderful" Semih Lafihna smiled. "I apologize, but I need to get back to the Star Sybil. Explore, there is so much to do here. I hope to see you up at Heavens Tower one day!" She grinned and waved. "Farewell!" and she was gone.

Thora stared after her then mumbled to herself "Umm . . . which way do I go?"

Thora wiped the beads of sweat off her brow as she saw the same arched building for the seventh time. "I can't believe how big this city is." She thought. She ran through another tunnel in time to see a Taru Taru run past her.

"Excuse me!" She cried as she turned to follow the Taru taru. The Taru Taru ran right up to a city guard and mumbled something before dissapearing out of thin air.

"This is hopeless!" She whined as a real Elvaan ran past her to talk to the same guard then dissapear before she could say anything. Thora found the tunnel she had recently left and tried going through it again. This time she ran right into someone. She fell to the ground with a thud and landed on her tail.

"OUCH!" she yelled.

"I'm so sorry! Are you hurt?" the male voice asked.

"Oh, I'm fine, I'm fine." She scrambled to her feet. She dusted herself off and looked up at who she ran into. He was very plain looking. No features stood out like the shortness of the Taru Taru or the long ears of an Elvaan. He had on rusty armor that had seen a lot of battles. His unkept brown beard matched his brown eyes. "He must be a Hume!" she thought. His extremely rugged look threw Thora off guard.

"I'm sorry" she started "but do you mind helping me out. I just got here you see and I'm completely lost." She looked up at him pathetically. He hesitated and then nodded. "Oh, thank you so much!"

"It's no problem."